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Two Detainees Die Within a Day on Rikers
Queens Eagle
“Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda, said in a statement. “We need every part of city government to be working with urgency toward closing Rikers. That includes passing a budget that makes real and substantial investments in prevention and diversion..."
CJP Files Suit to Protect Home Health Aides from Fraudulent Transfers
The Creditor Justice Project filed a lawsuit in Queens Supreme Court on behalf of a group of home health aides, asserting claims for violations of the Labor Law and Debtor and Creditor Law. The suit alleges that the workers were for years only paid for 13 hours of their 24 hour shifts, even though the Labor Law required compensation for all 24 hours. The suit further alleges that after the individual operator of the corporate employer became aware that she might be sued, she transferred four properties with collective market value exceeding $4 million to Limited Liability Companies and a trust that she and her husband controlled. CJP is co-counseling the case with the National Center for Law and Economic Justice and the firm of Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC.
NYPD Routinely Takes NYers to the Hospital for Psych Evals. What Happens Next?
Gothamist
“Under state law, a physician can hold someone in the hospital for up to 72 hours if they appear to pose a danger to themselves or others and for up to 60 days with the corroboration of a second physician, though such psychiatric holds can be challenged in court, said Jennifer Parish, the director of criminal justice advocacy at the Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project.”
